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GHSA-XFXR-3V89-HCH2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-04 15:31 – Updated: 2024-10-04 15:31

Details

An out-of-bounds write in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed eml file to crash the application during file processing.

Severity ?

5.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2024-9481 (GCVE-0-2024-9481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-04 12:15 – Updated: 2024-10-07 11:26

Summary

An out-of-bounds write in the engine module in AVG/Avast Antivirus signature <24092400 released on 24/Sep/2024 on MacOS allows a malformed eml file to crash the application during file processing.

Severity ?

5.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

Assigner

NLOK

References

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	AVG/Avast	Antivirus	Affected: 24/Sep/2024 , < < 24092400 (date)

Credits

Mike Zhang, an independent security researcher

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-XFXR-3V89-HCH2

CVE-2024-9481 (GCVE-0-2024-9481)

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